Johnny Manziel, otherwise known as “Johnny Football” has had a roller coaster ride of a life. At just 27 years old, the problematic former Heisman Trophy winner and overall football phenom is already out of the game. For Johnny, he was well off from a very early age. His parents, Paul and Michelle have a net worth of over $50 Million. His parents are oil tycoons and successful business people in their own right. meeting when they were working as bartenders. Johnny’s mom went on to work in real estate and his dad went on to build homes and sell cars. However, the family is actually independently wealthy, due to Bobby Joe Manziel, Johnny’s great-grandfather, having hit oil when he moved to Texas in the 1930s. This is all apart of the rise and fall of Johnny Manziel. As a High schooler, Johnny was a 4-star prospect out of Tivy High School in Kerrville, Texas. he held offers from many schools including Oregon, Stanford, Baylor and many others but ultimately chose Texas A&M. He redshirted his first season, but the year after that is when the legend of Johnny Football was born. Johnny was the first Freshmen in college football history to when a Heisman while putting up insane numbers like 3706 Passing yards, 1410 rushing yards, and 47 total touchdowns. Johnny led the Aggies to an 11-2 record while knocking off Alabama 29-24 in the game that he is now most known for. He also led the Aggies to a 41-13 Cotton Bowl win against Oklahoma. In his second season, Johnny improved on his stats with another impressive season. He netted the NCAA a record $1.1 Billion in revenue. Johnny fell a bit in the draft due to character concerns falling 23rd to the Cleveland Browns. This is where all the problems started for Johnny. After two years full off underwhelming football, and many off the field problems, like partying, and problems staying out of trouble with law enforcement. Johnny then tried his luck in the CFL, but it didn’t work out. He played with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Montreal Allouttes before his tenure in the CFL eventually ended. He also tried out the spring league before that. So you’re probably thinking to yourself, “how is Johnny Manziel an Entrepreneur?” Let me get into that. Johnny got his life turned around in early 2019. He decided he wanted to make a comeback in the league that was short lived, the AAF. Johnny signed with the Memphis Express and played well as their starter while he was there, setting his sights back on the NFL. Before the AAF season Johnny started his own clothing brand, he launched a whole shop with merchandise with the title “#Comebackszn” Johnny made a profit out of his bad situation. Anyone who can turn a negative into a positive business opportunity is entrepreneurial. And that is what Johnny Football did.
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As a Browns fan, I am sad that Johnny Football never worked out. However, I like that outlook that he is entrepreneurial by making a bad situation into a good one. He is very talented and can use his talents for some really amazing things, but his attitude is a huge problem for him. I hope he ends up turning things around even more past this clothing brand. Johnny looked for opportunity to turn his life around and that deserves some recognition.